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Ms. Carolyn Gartner

Social Work

Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT is the founder and director of The Center For Integrated Grief and the host of the podcast Thanatology Themes. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of dying, death and bereavement), She has an advanced certification in grief counseling and a certification in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She utilizes IFS and Jungian Shadow Work in her practice.
Prior to this she worked in hospice for 9 years. She wrote a book about her experience available on Audible: The Gritty Side of Grace. She has been interviewed by Huffpost, Parade Magazine, American Tributaries Podcast and in the documentary *Paw Prints*, about pet grief. She graduated from NYU Film School with a BFA and utilizes narrative storytelling in her practice as well. Meditation and singing are her happy place.
Ms. Carolyn Gartner
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
  • Accepting new patients

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